Epicardial pulmonary vein isolation by cryoablation as concomitant cardiac operation to treat nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 590-593

  Kubota, Hiroshi ^a,b   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a   Morota, Tetsuro ^a   Ohtsuka, Toshiya ^a   Motomura, Noboru ^a   Kotsuka, Yutaka ^a   Sudo, Kenichi ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOSURGERY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS RHYTHM; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0037312479     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04275-3     Document Type: Article

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